Softball Set to Host Terriers In Home Opener

Storyline
Harvard opens its 2010 home schedule with a showdown against local
foe Boston University in a non-league contest. Today’s game
marks the first for the Crimson in the Northeast as it began its
season with 16 games in Florida and California. This also marks
BU’s first road game in New England as the Terriers are
coming off a quartet of games in Hempstead, N.Y. where they
captured a pair of wins against Connecticut and a victory over
Hoftsra.

Last Time Out
The Crimson endured a trying final day of its spring break trip,
dropping closely contested games to Long Beach State, 1-0, and San
Diego State, 4-0, Saturday on the campus of San Diego State. Rachel
Brown started game one on the mound for Harvard and allowed no runs
and one hit in three innings of work, picking up a pair of
strikeouts. In game two, Stephanie Krysiak, Ellen Macadam, Emily
Henderson, Jennifer Francis and Melissa Schellberg all had hits for
Harvard.

Scouting the Terriers BU enters today’s game with a 10-10 record on the
season having won six of its last eight games. 2009 Third-Team
All-America April Setterlund leads the Terriers with an impressive
.517 batting average, collecting 30 hits, eight doubles, two
triples and five homeruns to go along with a team-leading 19 RBI.
Rachel Hebert has driven in 18 runs on the year and knocked five
homeruns while Caitlin Rentler is second on the team with a .377
batting average and 23 hits.

Cassidi Hardy has pitched a team-high 61.2 innings and enters
the Harvard game with a 2.50 ERA. Whitney Tuthill has logged 40.2
innings on the mound and brings a 3-2 record and 2.93 ERA into
Thursday’s matchup.

Bumped Back The Crimson’s scheduled home opener, a doubleheader
against Bryant on March 23, was postponed due to weather. A makeup
date has yet to be announced.

Spring Break 2010
Harvard played 11 games in nine days on its annual spring break
trip, compiling a 2-9 record in games played in Riverside, Los
Angeles and San Diego, Calif. The two Crimson wins both came
against Northern Illinois at the Amy S. Harrison Classic.

Brown Out
Rachel Brown has been credited with all four Harvard victories on
the mound so far this season. The sophomore leads the team in every
major pitching category and was named Ivy League Pitcher of the
Week for March 9 after picking up two wins on the opening weekend
of the season.

Crimson Statistical Leaders Melissa Schellberg leads the Crimson with a .263 batting
average and is tied for the team lead with Jennifer Francis with 10
hits. Francis and Ellen Macadam have team-high totals of five RBI
while Macadam has scored six runs to lead the squad. Emily
Henderson leads Harvard with six stolen bases in seven attempts,
while Macadam is close behind with five on the year.

Rachel Brown has pitched 51 innings for Harvard, compiling 70
strikeouts and holding opposing hitters to a .217 batting average.
Jessica Ferri has racked up 11 strikeouts on the year in 27.1
innings pitched.

On the Horizon Harvard is back in action this weekend with a game at
Quinnipiac Saturday and two at Fairfield Sunday.